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A small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet.

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toadstone

Source Word

toadstone

Noun

countable uncountable

A small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet.

Japanese Meaning

かつて、ヒキガエルの頭部に宝石が埋め込まれていると信じられていた小さな石で、お守りとして用いられていたもの

She wore an old toadstone on a leather cord, believing it would protect her from illness.

彼女は革紐に、ヒキガエルの頭に埋まっている宝石だと信じられ、護符として用いられた小さな石を通して身につけ、病気から守ってくれると信じていた。

Sense（1）

A small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet.

Sense（2）

(geology) A soft, earthy variety of trap-rock of a brownish-grey colour, looking like an argillaceous deposit.

Rowley-Rag appeared to be the same thing as basalt and toadstone resembled some species of lava.

toadstones

（ plural ）